Generation of personalized playlists for reproducing contents

ABSTRACT

A method is provided for generating personalized playlists for reproducing contents in relation to the experience of an event by a user of a communication terminal. The method includes determining at least two distinct elements as a function of data provided by the communication terminal of the user and of data relating to the event which are made available by a device for providing services concerning the event. Each of the elements makes it possible to determine at least one content made available by at least one device for providing contents, wherein the contents thus determined for each element are integrated into a playlist. Thus, the playlist is not only generated automatically but in addition it is associated with an event and personalized as a function of the experience of this event by a user.

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

The invention pertains to the automatic generation of playlists forreproducing contents.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

Today, providers of content, particularly of audio content, allow theirusers to create playlists manually. Thus, a user will be ablesubsequently to listen or enable others to listen (particularly bysharing his playlist) to contents that he has selected in the order thathe has indicated or in some other order (random, sorted by name ofartist, genre, name of tracks, albums, etc.). The users of these contentprovision services can also access playlists made available or shared bythe content provision service or other users of the provision service(private but also professional such as radio operators, televisionbroadcasts, etc.).

On the other hand, with the broadening of event-based offerings, peopleare attending more and more artistic events: music festivals, theater,movies, etc. Now, in order to re-experience such events, theparticipants at such events will either have complete content such as aDVD of the festival or its video-on-demand equivalent, or theparticipant will have to search for the references of the works orartists a posteriori in order to search for and optionally consumecontents relating to the latter.

SUMMARY

A subject of the invention is a method of generating personalizedplaylists for reproducing contents in relation to the experience of anevent by a user of a communication terminal, said playlist generatingmethod comprising a determination of at least two distinct elements as afunction of data provided by said communication terminal of said userand of data relating to said event which are made available by a devicefor providing services concerning said event, each of said elementsmaking it possible to determine at least one content made available byat least one device for providing contents, said contents thusdetermined for each element being integrated into a playlist.

Thus, the playlist is not only generated automatically but in additionit is associated with an event and personalized as a function of theexperience of this event by a user.

Advantageously, the method of generating playlists comprises anintegration into said personalized playlist relating to the experienceof an event by a user of at least one content made available by a devicefor providing contents, said at least one content being determined as afunction of said element.

Thus, the contents are loaded automatically into the playlist withoutparticular action by the user.

Advantageously, the method of generating playlists comprises arecovering of geolocation data constituting at least one datum providedby said communication terminal of said user.

Thus, the experience of the event is determined as a function of theuser's movements during this event.

Advantageously, the method of generating playlists comprises arecovering of multimedia data captured by said communication terminalconstituting at least one datum provided by said communication terminalof said user.

Thus, the experience of the event is determined as a function of datacaptured (audio and/or video) during the event by the communicationterminal of the user, whether or not the captured data are recordedlocally or remotely in the network.

Advantageously, the method of generating playlists comprises atriggering of said determination of an element on action of said user onsaid communication terminal.

Thus, an element making it possible to determine at least one contentsof the playlist relating to the event is determined only if the userperforms an action relating to the event, particularly indication offavorites (known as “lie”) to a services provision device relating tothe event such as on the page of a social network relating to the event.

Advantageously, the data de relating to said event that are madeavailable by a device for providing services concerning said event aredata generated in real time by said device for providing services as afunction of a recognition of captured multimedia data received by saiddevice for providing services.

Thus, the determination of the element will be done on the basis of moreprecise data relating to the event and taking account of a possible lastminute change of programming. Captured multimedia data such as a photoof a solo artist not corresponding to the artist originally programmedon this stage makes it possible to provide the name of the artistactually on stage in the data de relating to the event so as todetermine an element making it possible to integrate into thepersonalized playlist tracks by this artist whose concert the user hasattended and not by the artist originally programmed on this stage butthat the user has not seen.

The invention is therefore also aimed at a program comprising programcode instructions for the execution of the steps of the method ofgenerating playlists when said program is executed by a processor.

This program can use any programming language and be in the form ofsource code, object code or code intermediate between source code andobject code such as in a partially compiled form or in any otherdesirable form.

Advantageously, according to a deployment of the invention, the varioussteps of the method according to the invention are implemented bysoftware or computer program, this software comprising softwareinstructions intended to be executed by a data processor of a generatorof playlists and being designed to control the execution of the varioussteps of this method.

Another subject of the invention is a generator of personalizedplaylists for reproducing contents in relation to the experience of anevent by a user of a communication terminal, said generator of playlistscomprising an analyzer able to determine at least two distinct elementsas a function of data provided by said communication terminal of saiduser and of data relating to said event which are made available by adevice for providing services concerning said event, each of saidelements making it possible to determine at least one content madeavailable by at least one device for providing contents, said contentsthus determined for each element being integrated into a playlist.

A subject of the invention is also a device for providing contentscomprising a database of contents and a generator of playlists forreproducing contents, said generator of playlists comprising an analyzerable to determine at least two distinct elements as a function of dataprovided by a communication terminal of a user and of data relating toan event experienced by said user and which are made available by adevice for providing services concerning said event, each of saidelements making it possible to determine at least one content madeavailable by said device for providing contents, said contents thusdetermined for each element being integrated into a playlist.

A subject of the invention is furthermore a services provision devicerelating to an event making available to a generator of personalizedplaylists for reproducing contents in relation to the experience of anevent by a user of a communication terminal, data relating to saidevent, as a function of which contents and of data provided by saidterminal of said user, the generator of playlists determines an elementmaking it possible to determine at least one content made available byat least one device for providing contents.

Advantageously, the device for providing services comprises a real-timegenerator of data relating to said event as a function of capturedmultimedia data received by the device for providing services.

Thus, the determination of the element will be made on the basis of moreprecise data relating to the event and taking account of a possible lastminute change of programming. Captured multimedia data such as a photoof a solo artist not corresponding to the artist originally programmedon this stage makes it possible to provide the name of the artistactually on stage in the data de relating to the event so as todetermine an element making it possible to integrate into thepersonalized playlist tracks by this artist whose concert the user hasattended and not by the artist originally programmed on this stage butthat the user has not seen.

A subject of the invention is also a method of user interface with agenerator of personalized playlists for reproducing contents in relationto the experience of an event by a user of a communication terminal,said method of user interface with a generator of playlists comprising atransmission of data by said communication terminal from said user to agenerator of playlists, said transmitted data making it possible todetermine an element as a function of said data transmitted by saidcommunication terminal of said user and of data relating to said eventwhich are made available by a device for providing services concerningsaid event, said element making it possible to determine at least onecontent made available by at least one device for providing contents.

Advantageously, according to a deployment of the invention, the varioussteps of the method according to the invention are implemented bysoftware or computer program, this software comprising softwareinstructions intended to be executed by a data processor of a deviceforming part of a communication terminal and being designed to controlthe execution of the various steps of this method.

The invention is therefore also aimed at a program comprising programcode instructions for the execution of the steps of the method of userinterface with a generator of playlists when said program is executed bya processor.

This program can use any programming language and be in the form ofsource code, object code or code intermediate between source code andobject code such as in a partially compiled form or in any otherdesirable form.

A subject of the invention is furthermore a user interface with agenerator of personalized playlists for reproducing contents in relationto the experience of an event by a user of a communication terminal,said user interface with a generator of playlists comprising a triggerfor transmission of data by said communication terminal from said userto a generator of playlists, said transmitted data making it possible todetermine an element as a function of said data transmitted by saidcommunication terminal of said user and of data relating to said eventwhich are made available by a device for providing services concerningsaid event, said element making it possible to determine at least onecontent made available by at least one device for providing contents.

Advantageously, the user interface with a generator of playlistscomprising at least one access to at least one personalized playlist forreproducing contents in relation to the experience of said event by saiduser.

A subject of the invention is also a communication terminal of a usercomprising at least one user interface with a generator of personalizedplaylists for reproducing contents in relation to the experience of anevent by a user of a communication terminal, said user interface with agenerator of playlists comprising a trigger for transmission of data bysaid communication terminal from said user to a generator of playlists,said transmitted data making it possible to determine an element as afunction of said data transmitted by said communication terminal of saiduser and of data relating to said event which are made available by adevice for providing services concerning said event, said element makingit possible to determine at least one content made available by at leastone device for providing contents.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The characteristics and advantages of the invention will be more clearlyapparent on reading the description, given by way of example, and thefigures relating thereto which represent:

FIG. 1, a simplified diagram of the methods of generating playlists andof user interface according to the invention,

FIG. 2, a simplified diagram of an exemplary architecture comprising agenerator of playlists and a user interface with said generator ofplaylists according to the invention, and

FIGS. 3 a and 3 b, two simplified diagrams of two examples of variantsof implementation of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS

FIG. 1 illustrates a simplified diagram of the methods of generatingplaylists and of user interface according to the invention.

The method PLYLST_GEN of generating personalized playlists forreproducing contents in relation to the experience of an event by a userof a communication terminal, comprises a determination ELT_DT of anelement el as a function of data du provided by said communicationterminal of said user and of data relating to said event de which aremade available by a device for providing services 3 concerning saidevent. The element el makes it possible to determine at least onecontent c made available by at least one device for providing contents4.

In particular, the data du are provided by a method of user interfaceIUP implemented by the user's communication terminal.

In particular, the method of generating playlists PLYLST_GEN comprisesan integration PLYLST_INSCR into said personalized playlist relating tothe experience of an event by a user of at least one content madeavailable by a device for providing contents 4. This content c isdetermined C_DT as a function of said element el.

In particular, the method of generating playlists PLYLST_GEN comprises arecovering DU_REC of geolocation data g constituting at least one datumdu provided by said communication terminal of said user.

In particular, the method of generating playlists PLYLST_GEN comprises arecovering DU_REC of multimedia data m captured by said communicationterminal constituting at least one datum du provided by saidcommunication terminal of said user.

In particular, the determination of an element ELT_DT comprises either arecognition or a command of a recognition DU_COG of the multimedia datacaptured m as a function of the data de relating to the event andoptionally of other data du transmitted by the communication terminalsuch as the location and/or the instant of capture etc. Thus, therecognition on audio and/or video and/or image data will make itpossible to recognize at least one of the following elements: theperforming artist or artists, the name of the composer and/or of theauthor, the name of the work (album, book, plays, paintings, sculptures,monuments, etc.) and/or the section of the work (track, chapter,act/scene, hall, etc.).

This recognition DU_COG will be simplified by the knowledge of the datade relating to the event and optionally of other data du transmitted bythe communication terminal. Indeed, these data will limit the search tothe artists programmed at the event, optionally to the works programmedand/or to the list of the most listened to/seen works of these artistsprogrammed at the event (music festival, dance, theater, exhibitions,etc.).

In particular, the method of generating playlists comprises a triggeringof said determination ELT_DT of an element on action ua of said user onsaid communication terminal.

In particular, the data de relating to the event comprise data stored ina services provision device 3 relating to the event. Optionally, thedata de relating to the event comprise data generated in real time by aservices provision device 3 relating to the event.

In particular, a method of real-time generation of data relating to theevent particularly implemented by the services provision device 3relating to the event comprises a transmission of real-time datarelating to the event allowing a determination of at least two distinctelements by a method of generating playlists, the real-time datatransmitted being dependent on a recognition of captured multimedia datareceived.

In particular, the method of generating playlists comprises adetermination C_DT of one or more contents as a function of each of theelements determined el. The determination C_DT of one or more contentsis performed as a function of contents made available by one or moredevices for providing contents 4.

In particular, the method of generating playlists comprises theintegration PLYLST_INSCR of at least one content determined as afunction of the element el into the personalized playlist relating tothe event. The integration of a content PLYLST_INSCR consistsparticularly of the integration either of a link to said content in adevice for providing contents 3, or of elements el* making it possibleto retrieve said content in a device for providing contents 3 (theseelements el* are particularly contained in the metadata of the content cdetermined as a function of the element el).

In particular, the method of generating playlists comprises atransmission of the playlist generated PLYLST_TR to a communicationterminal of a user, particularly on request plylst_req of the playlistby said communication terminal.

An embodiment of the method of generating playlists is a programcomprising program code instructions for the execution of the steps ofthe method of generating playlists when said program is executed by aprocessor.

The method of user interface IUP with a generator of personalizedplaylists for reproducing contents in relation to the experience of anevent by a user of a communication terminal comprises a transmission TRof data du by said communication terminal from said user to a generatorof playlists. The data du transmitted make it possible to determine anelement el as a function of said data transmitted by said communicationterminal of said user and of data de relating to said event which aremade available by a device for providing services 3 concerning saidevent. The element el makes it possible to determine at least onecontent c made available by at least one device for providing contents4.

An embodiment of the method of user interface is a program comprisingprogram code instructions for the execution of the steps of the methodof user interface with a generator of playlists when said program isexecuted by a processor.

In particular, the method of user interface IUP comprises a captureCAPT, particularly an audio and/or video capture. The captured data mcan be transmitted TR directly. The captured data m are optionallyrecorded WR in storage means 10 of the user's communication terminal.The method of user interface IUP optionally comprises this recording WRof the captured data m.

In an alternative manner to the direct transmission of the captured datam, the method of user interface IUP transmits TR the recorded captureddata m either immediately after their recording WR, or subsequentlyupon, for example, a request to create playlists by the user. The methodof user interface then comprises particularly a reading RD of the datacaptured m, during the event for which a playlist is currentlyundergoing generation, and recorded WR. The reading is in particulardone in the storage means 10.

In particular, the method of user interface IUP transmits TR, jointlyand/or independently of the captured data m, other data concerning theuser during the event, particularly the instant of capture t of thecaptured data m and/or the location g of the communication terminalduring the capture CAPT of the captured data m, etc.

In particular, the method of user interface comprises a user commandU_HGT allowing the user of the communication terminal to act in relationto the event in progress. The user command U_HGT is particularly amake-a-favorite command (called a “like”) relating to the eventcomprising for example the instant and the location of the communicationterminal during the make-a-favorite command.

The action of the user ua is transmitted to the method of generatingplaylists PLYLST_GEN: the action ua is then, particularly, at the originof a triggering of the determination of at least two distinct elementsELT_DT. Thus, the invention will make it possible to add to the playlistonly those contents relating to the instants of the event experienced bythe user that the user has indicated they like.

In an alternative manner, the invention will make it possible to add tothe playlist more contents relating to the instants of the eventexperienced by the user that the user has indicated they like thancontents relating to the instants of the event experienced by the user,but for which the user has indicated nothing. The user command U_HGTprovides an action ua making it possible not only to trigger the elementdetermination ELT_DT but optionally to control the generation ofplaylists PLYLST_GEN, particularly the content determination C_DT, so asto determine a number of predetermined tagged contents which relate tothe element el whose determination EL_DT has been commanded U_HGT by theuser instead of the number of contents by default.

In the case of a music festival, instead of determining only one track(if 1 is the number of contents by default) relating to an artistlistened to by the user during the festival so as to include it in thepersonalized playlist relating to the music festival, the indication offavorite by the user will trigger the determination of five tracks (if 5is the predetermined number of contents tagged) relating to the artistlistened to by the user during the user command U_HGT which will beincluded in the personalized playlist relating to the music festival.

For example, the number of tracks of an artist may be dependent on thetime spent by the user of the communication terminal in a given locationwith respect to the duration of this artists concert.

Optionally, the user command U_HGT provides an action ua making itpossible not only to trigger the element determination ELT_DT butoptionally to control it so as to obtain a more precise element.

In the case of a music festival, instead of searching only for the nameof the artist in order to establish the playlist, the indication offavorite by the user will trigger the search for the track programmed atthe instant of the user command so as to supplement the playlist withthe track that the user was listening to during his user command U_HGTinstead of tracks from the artist's hit list (for example, the 10 tracksmost listened to).

Furthermore, the indication of favorite by the user will be able totrigger the search for the track programmed at the instant of the usercommand so as to supplement the playlist with the track that the userwas listening to during his user command U_HGT in addition to one ormore tracks from the artist's hit list (for example, the 10 tracks mostlistened to).

In particular, the method of user interface IUP comprises an accessPLYLST_ACC to the personalized playlist relating to an event. Thisaccess PLYLST_ACC allows the user to request the playlist plylst_reqfrom the communication terminal allowing the generation of playlistsduring the event or from another communication terminal allowing accesseither to the generator of playlists, or to a services provision devicerelating to the event, or to a device for providing contents 4 makingavailable the playlist destined for the user for whom the playlist hasbeen personalized (also dubbed the source user), and optionally for oneor more other recipient users with whom the source user (for whom theplaylist has been personalized) has shared his playlist.

In particular, the method of user interface IUP comprises a reproductionPLYLST_DSP of the personalized playlist relating to an event plylst. Theplaylist plylst is transmitted PLYLST_TR either in the course ofgeneration, or subsequently on receipt of an access request plylst_req.The playlist plylst is transmitted PLYLST_TR by either the generator ofplaylists, or a services provision device relating to the event, or adevice for providing contents 4 making available the playlist destinedfor the user for whom the playlist has been personalized (also dubbedthe source user), and optionally for one or more other recipient userswith whom the source user (for whom the playlist has been personalized)has shared his playlist.

In particular, the method of user interface IUP comprises a reading ofthe playlist PLYLST_RD which comprises particularly a reproductionCi_RPR in the order of the playlist (as illustrated by FIG. 1: i=1, i+1)or in an order given by the user (sort on the name of the artist, sortby album, etc.) or in a random order of a or of a part or of the wholeof the contents indicated in the playlist. This reproduction of acontent Ci_RPR is particularly done on receipt of the content Ciprovided by a content provision device 4 particularly on request Ci_reqby a contents reading command PLYLST_(Ci) triggered by the reading ofthe playlist PLYLST_RD.

FIG. 2 illustrates a simplified diagram of an exemplary architecturecomprising a generator of playlists and a user interface with saidgenerator of playlists according to the invention.

A generator 2 of personalized playlists for reproducing contents inrelation to the experience of an event by a user of a communicationterminal 1, comprises an analyzer 22 able to determine at least twodistinct elements el as a function of data provided du by saidcommunication terminal 1 of said user and of data de relating to saidevent which are made available by a device for providing services 3concerning said event. Each of said elements el makes it possible todetermine at least one content c made available by at least one devicefor providing contents 4, said contents thus determined for each elementbeing integrated into a playlist.

The analyzer 22 is particularly a contextual analysis engine making itpossible to determine and store in real time the program which is theone attended by the user, in tandem with the event and with hisperambulations over the venue of the event. This engine 22 takes asinput for example the geolocation of the user in real time, viaparticularly a regular sounding (known as pooling) of the user'scommunication terminal 1 by the generator 2. This engine 22 comparesparticularly the data du originating from the communication terminal 1with the geolocated programming de in a base, that is to say provided bya database of programs of a services provision device 3 relating to theevent.

In particular, the playlists generator 2 comprises a receiver 21 of thedata du transmitted by the communication terminal 1.

In particular, the playlists generator 2 comprises an integrator 24 intoa playlist of at least one content as a function of an element eldetermined by said playlists generator 2.

Optionally, the generator 2 may trigger the reproduction by thecommunication terminal 1 of the element el or of the content cdetermined as a function of the element el (particularly the name of theprogram). Thus, the integrator 24 can be commanded by the communicationterminal 1 (not illustrated) to integrate into the list the content cdisplayed so as to manually store in the playlist the name of theprogram. Alternatively, the integrator 24 automatically adds the contentc determined into the playlist.

In particular, the playlists generator 2 comprises a contents searchengine 23 able to determine from among the contents made available by atleast one device for providing contents 4 at least one content as afunction of an element el determined by said playlists generator 2.

A user interface 12,12 a with a generator 2 of personalized playlistsfor reproducing contents in relation to the experience of an event by auser of a communication terminal comprises a trigger 120 fortransmission of data du by said communication terminal 1 from said userto a playlists generator 2. The data du transmitted make it possible todetermine an element el as a function of said data transmitted du bysaid communication terminal 1 of said user and of data de relating tosaid event which are made available by a device for providing services 3concerning said event. The element el makes it possible to determine atleast one content c made available by at least one device for providingcontents 4.

In particular, the user interface 12 with a generator of playlistscomprises at least one access 124 to at least one personalized playlistfor reproducing contents in relation to the experience of said event bysaid user.

In particular, the user interface 12,12 a with a playlists generator 2comprises a user command device 121. The user command device 121 emitson action of the user of the communication terminal 1 a user action uamaking it possible to trigger the analyzer 22 of the playlists generator2.

The communication terminal 1 of a user comprises at least the userinterface 12, 12 a with a generator of personalized playlists forreproducing contents in relation to the experience of an event by a userof a communication terminal.

In particular, the communication terminal 1 comprises sensors 11,particularly a microphone and/or a camera, which provide captured audioand/or video data m either directly to the emitter (not illustrated) ofthe communication terminal or indirectly via the trigger 120 or afterrecording in a memory 10 of the communication terminal 1. These sensors11 are particularly controlled by the trigger 120. The capturedmultimedia data m then constitutes at least part of the data dutransmitted by the communication terminal 1 to the playlists generator2.

The sensors 11 are optionally a location device, for example forlocation of GPS type, making it possible to provide location data gwhich constitutes at least part of the data du transmitted by thecommunication terminal 1 to the playlists generator 2.

In particular, the user interface 12 with a playlists generator 2comprises a consultation interface 12 b.

Particularly, the consultation interface 12 b or directly the userinterface 12 with a generator of playlists comprises an engine 124making it possible to request access to a playlist either directly froma playlist generator 2, or from a content provision device 4.

In particular, the consultation interface 12 b or directly the userinterface 12 with a generator of playlists comprises a playlists reader123 receiving the playlist generated by the playlists generator 2. Theplaylist is received from the generator 2 or from the content provisiondevice 4 or from the device for providing services that are linked withthe event 3, etc.

In particular, the consultation interface 12 b or directly the userinterface 12 with a generator of playlists comprises a reproducer 122 ofone or more of the contents of playlists. The reproducer 122 requestsfrom a content provision device 3 the contents of the lists to bereproduced (particularly selected by the user from the playlist) forexample by means of the link or of other elements el* indicated for thecontent ci in the playlist. The link is particularly an address at whichthe content ci is stored in a memory or in a database of contents 40 ofthe content provision device 4.

In particular, the services provision device 3 relating to the eventcomprises a memory 30 making it possible to store the program of theevent particularly in the form of a database indicating, for example,for each artist and/or work, a start instant, an end instant, and/or alocation zone (location zone being intended to mean a rectangular zonedefined by at least three points given by GPS coordinates, or a cellularzone defined by at least one point given by GPS coordinates and a radiusof given size), etc.

In particular, the services provision device 3 relating to the eventcomprises an emitter of data de relating to an event, particularly allor part of the data stored in a memory of said services provision device3 relating to the event as a function particularly of the instant ofemission. For example, only the data de of the works in progress (live)are emitted by the services provision device 3. The services provisiondevice 3 emitter is, optionally, activated on request of the playlistsgenerator 2 which provides particularly the location of thecommunication terminal 1 so as to reduce the data de emitted by thedevice for providing services 3 to those corresponding to this location,or indeed to this location at the instant at which the location wascaptured or determined.

In particular, the services provision device 3 relating to the eventcomprises a receiver of multimedia captured data m originating from atleast one sensor (not illustrated in the figure). The sensor comprisesparticularly a microphone placed on a stage of a music festival, orrecording means connected to an audio and/or video and/or image outputof the mixing table of a stage of a music festival, etc. The capturedmultimedia data m are transmitted to the services provision device 3relating to the event via a wired or non-wired local or remotecommunication network. The device for providing services 3 comprises areal-time generator of data relating to the event 31, such as either adevice for real-time recognition of the captured multimedia datareceived as a function of data de relating to the event that are storedin the device for providing services 3, or a requester able to request arecognition of the captured multimedia data received at a recognitiondevice and to receive the resulting data from this recognition device,etc.

Thus, the device for providing services 3 can provide the playlistsgenerator 2 not only with data de relating to the event that are storedin the device for providing services 3, but also with data de* relatingto the event that were generated in real time by the device forproviding services 3 as a function of captured multimedia data moriginating from a sensor connected to the device for providing servicesvia a communication network.

For example, the services provision device 3 relating to a musicfestival comprises a database in which is recorded prior to the eventthe programming of the latter: such as, for each stage, the artist andthe programming time period (optionally the geolocation coordinates forthe stage or its geographical address etc.) The mixing tables of eachstage return multimedia data m in real time to the device for providingservices 3, for example the audio data. The device for providingservices 3 recognizes by virtue of a device for recognition of thedevice for providing services 3, or remotely the name of each trackplayed on each of the stages in real time. Thus, the data de relating tothe event provided by the device for providing services 3 will comprisenot only previously stored data de relating to the event, such as theartists playing on each of the stages at the instant of dispatch of thedata de relating to the event, but also real-time data de* relating tothe event such as the name of each track recognized as being played oneach of these stages at the instant of dispatch of the data de* relatingto the event.

Another example, a captured multimedia datum such as a photograph, willmake it possible particularly to recognize an artist invited on thestage by a programmed artist so as to integrate into the playlist,optionally, a track in which the two artists sing a duet.

In an alternative manner (not illustrated) to the architecture of thefigure, the generator 2 of content playlists is integrated into aservices provision device relating to the event 3.

In particular, the device for providing contents 4 comprises a databaseof contents 40 from which are determined the contents integrated intothe playlist generated by the playlists generator 2. Particularly, acontents search engine 23 of the playlists generator 2 and/or 43 of thedevice for providing contents 4 determines(determine) from among thecontents made available in the database of contents 40 by the device forproviding contents 4 at least one content as a function of an element eldetermined by said playlists generator 2.

In particular, the device for providing contents 4 comprises anintegrator 44 into a playlist receiving the elements to be integratedfrom the playlists generator 2. Said integrator 44 can provide theplaylist to a user interface 12, 12 b of a communication terminal, inparticular on request of this user interface 12, 12 b.

In an alternative, not illustrated, the device for providing contents 4comprises a database of contents 40 and the generator of playlists forreproducing contents 2.

FIGS. 3 a and 3 b illustrate two simplified diagrams of two examples ofvariants of implementation of the invention.

FIG. 3 a illustrates the integration of a content into a playlist as afunction of location data.

The user U carrying a communication terminal T1 attends, during an eventEVT such as a music festival, a concert of an artist A4. Since the userU has subscribed to a service of personalized playlist generationrelating to the experience of events, his communication terminal T1transmits data du to a playlists generator 2 either automatically, or onrequest of the playlists generator 2.

In particular, the communication terminal T1, particularly its userinterface with the playlists generator 2, can emit during the period ofthe event data du either periodically and/or as a function of the user'smovements and/or on action of the user, or on request of the generator2.

The use of the knowledge of the user's movements makes it possible toreduce the periodicity when the user moves and to lengthen it when theuser has remained at the same location, thus making it possible toreduce the data du transmitted when the user U attends the same concertfrom the start to the end, while making it possible to determine that heattends the following concert on the same stage.

The limitation to the emission on action of the user makes it possibleto reduce not only the data du to the experience of the user thataroused an interest, but also the contents of the playlists.

The limitation to the emission on request of the generator allows onlythe data du: since the generator 2 has knowledge of the program of theevent by virtue of the data de provided by the device for providingservices relating to the event DFS (3), the generator 2 can request thedata du of the user at predetermined instants around the instants ofstart and/or end of works during the event.

The program of the event EVT_PROG is particularly recorded in a databaseof the services provision device DFS (3) relating to the event. Forexample, it is recorded that:

-   -   in the period T1, in the location zone g1, artist A1 is playing;    -   in the period T1, in the location zone g2, artist A2 is playing;    -   in the period T1, in the location zone g3, artist A3 is playing;    -   in the period T2, in the location zone g1, artist A4 is playing;    -   in the period T2, in the location zone g2, artist A5 is playing;    -   in the period T2, in the location zone g3, artist A6 is playing,        etc.

Thus, in our example, the data du indicates that the user U was presentat the location g2 at the instant t. The playlists generator 2determines that the instant t lies in the period T2, and therefore theelement el determined by the playlists generator 2 as a function of thedata du of the communication terminal T1 and of the data relating to theevent comprises the artist A4.

Thus, the event-related personalized playlist PLYLST_EVT generated bythe playlist generator 2 comprises a track TRi by the artist A4, forexample a track indicated in the program EVT_PROG provided by theservices provision device DFS (3) relating to the event or a track fromthe artists hit list (lists of the artists N most listened to tracks).

FIG. 3 n illustrates the integration of a content into a playlist as afunction of captured multimedia data.

The user U carrying a communication terminal T1 attends a concert by anartist A4 during an event EVT such as a music festival. The user U,having subscribed to a service of personalized playlist generationrelating to the experience of events, captures by means of hiscommunication terminal T1 the track played by the artist A4 andtransmits it in the form of data du, thus comprising at least thecaptured multimedia data m, to a playlists generator 2.

The playlists generator 2 dispatches to a recognition device 5(optionally integrated into the generator 2, not illustrated in FIG. 3b) the captured multimedia data m and optionally other data dependent onthe data relating to the event de and optionally other data du receivedfrom the communication terminal T1. Thus, the recognition is performedon a number of tracks which is limited by these data de, du, for exampleon the tracks of the artists programmed for the event, or better on thetracks of the artists programmed over the capture time span and/or thelocation of capture.

The recognition device transmits at least one element el as a functionof the recognition results such as the name of the artist A4, and thename of the track TRi.

Thus, the event-related personalized playlist PLYLST_EVT generated bythe playlist generator 2 comprises a recognized track TRi by the artistA4.

The invention can, furthermore, be applied to trade fairs, thus themovement of the visitor around the trade fair makes it possible todetermine as a function of data relating to the event (such as thedemonstration area and programming, the position of each exhibitor'sstands, etc.) contents such as business cards, video of the exhibitorand/or of the demonstration, first page of an Internet site associatedwith the exhibitor. The visitor can thus subsequently re-experience hisvisit by virtue of the playlist personalized as a function of hisexperience of the trade fair: either by reading this playlist whichdisplays, particularly, in the form of a slideshow, the various contentsconstituting it, or by accessing more specifically a content of thisplaylist.

Another application of the invention is the creation of a playlist forreproduction as a function of the experience of a visit of a town, of amuseum, of an exhibition etc. In the same manner as for the trade fair,the downloaded contents may be diverse: text, photos, videos etc. andthe playlist proposed makes it possible either to scroll through eitherin the form of a video and/or audio montage, in the form of a slideshow,the various contents placed in this list so as to re-experience thisvisit, or to directly access the reproduction of a content of this listin particular.

The invention is also aimed at a medium. The information medium can beany entity or device capable of storing at least one of the programsaccording to the invention. For example, the medium can comprise astorage means, such as a ROM, for example a CD ROM or a microelectroniccircuit ROM or else a magnetic recording means, for example a disketteor a hard disk.

Moreover, the information medium can be a transmissible medium such asan electrical or optical signal which can be conveyed via an electricalor optical cable, by radio or by other means. The program according tothe invention can be in particular downloaded from a networkparticularly of Internet type.

Alternatively, the information medium can be an integrated circuit intowhich the program is incorporated, the circuit being adapted forexecuting or to be used in the execution of the method in question.

In another deployment, the invention is implemented by means of softwarecomponents and/or hardware components. In this regard the term modulemay correspond equally well to a software component or to a hardwarecomponent. A software component corresponds to one or more computerprograms, one or more sub-programs of a program, or more generally toany element of a program or of an item of software able to implement afunction or a function set according to the description hereinbelow. Ahardware component corresponds to any element of a hardware set able toimplement a function or a set of functions.

Although the present disclosure has been described with reference to oneor more examples, workers skilled in the art will recognize that changesmay be made in form and detail without departing from the scope of thedisclosure and/or the appended claims.

1. A method comprising: generating with a generator device personalizedplaylists for reproducing contents in relation to an experience of anevent by a user of a communication terminal, wherein generatingcomprises: determining with the generator device at least two distinctelements as a function of data received by the generator device fromsaid communication terminal of said user and of data relating to saidevent received by the generator device from a device for providingservices concerning said event, each of said elements being configuredto enable determination of at least one content made available by atleast one device for providing contents, and integrating said at leastone content thus determined for each element into a playlist.
 2. Themethod according to claim 1, wherein integrating comprises integratingsaid at least one content into a playlist relating to the experience ofthe event by the user, said at least one content being determined as afunction of said element.
 3. The method according to claim 1, whereinthe method comprises a recovering of geolocation data constituting atleast one datum provided by said communication terminal of said user. 4.The method according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises recoveringmultimedia data captured by said communication terminal constituting atleast one datum provided by said communication terminal of said user. 5.The method according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises triggeringsaid determination of an element on an action of said user on saidcommunication terminal.
 6. A non-transmissible information mediumcomprising a program incorporated or stored thereon and having programcode instructions for execution of a method of generating playlists whensaid program is executed by a processor, wherein the method comprises:generating with the processor personalized playlists for reproducingcontents in relation to an experience of an event by a user of acommunication terminal, wherein generating comprises: determining withthe processor at least two distinct elements as a function of dataprovided by said communication terminal of said user and of datarelating to said event which are made available by a device forproviding services concerning said event, each of said elements beingconfigured to enable determination of at least one content madeavailable by at least one device for providing contents, and integratingwith the processor said at least one content thus determined for eachelement into a playlist.
 7. A generator of personalized playlists forreproducing contents in relation to an experience of an event by a userof a communication terminal, said generator of playlists comprising: ananalyzer configured to determine at least two distinct elements as afunction of data provided by said communication terminal of said userand of data relating to said event which are made available by a devicefor providing services concerning said event, each of said elementsbeing configured to enable the analyzer to determine at least onecontent made available by at least one device for providing contents,the generator further being configured to integrate said contents thusdetermined for each element into a playlist.
 8. A device for providingcontents comprising: a database of contents stored in anon-transmissible information storage medium; and a generator ofplaylists configured to reproduce contents, said generator of playlistscomprising an analyzer configured to determine at least two distinctelements as a function of data provided by a communication terminal of auser and of data relating to an event experienced by said user and whichare made available by a device for providing services concerning saidevent, each of said elements being configured to enable the analyzer todetermine at least one content made available by said device forproviding contents, the generator further being configured to integratesaid contents thus determined for each element into a playlist.
 9. Adevice for providing services relating to an event, the device forproviding services being configured to make available to a generator ofpersonalized playlists for reproducing contents in relation to anexperience of an event by a user of a communication terminal, datarelating to said event, as a function of which contents and of dataprovided by said terminal of said user, wherein the generator ofplaylists determines an element making it possible to determine at leastone content made available by at least one device for providingcontents.
 10. The device for providing services according to claim 9,wherein the device for providing services comprises a real-timegenerator of data relating to said event as a function of capturedmultimedia data received by the device for providing services. 11.(canceled)
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 15. Acommunication terminal of a user comprising: at least one user interfaceconfigured to interface with a generator of personalized playlists forreproducing contents in relation to an experience of an event by a userof a communication terminal, said user interface device comprising atrigger for transmission of data by said communication terminal fromsaid user to the generator of playlists, said transmitted data beingconfigured to enable the generator to determine at least two elements asa function of said data transmitted by said communication terminal ofsaid user and of data relating to said event which are made available bya device for providing services concerning said event, each of saidelements being configured enable the generator to determine at least onecontent made available by at least one device for providing contents,said contents thus determined for each element being integrated into aplaylist.